Filippa Reinfeldt

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Filippa Desiree Amanda Cay Reinfeldt (née Holmberg, born June 14, 1967 in Stockholm) is a Swedish Moderate Party politician. She has been Municipal Commissioner (Swedish: kommunalråd) of Täby, Uppland, since 2002 and Mayor and Chairperson of the Täby Municipal Executive since 2005.^[1][2] Previously Reinfeldt was an appointed to various posts (förtroendevald) in the Stockholm City Council from 1991 to 1994 and councillor in the Stockholm County Council from 1994.^{[citation needed]}

She is married since 1992 to Moderate Party leader and Prime Minister of Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt, with whom she has three children.^[3] Filippa Reinfeldt's position as a politician was used by the Swedish Social Democratic Party to criticize Fredrik Reinfeldt during the 2006 Swedish general election.^[4] Following the 2006 general election Filippa Reinfeldt was re-elected as a Mayor in Täby with the Moderate Party alone gaining over 50 % of the votes in the Täby municipal election. She resigned shortly afterwards in order to become County Commissioner of Health Services in the administration of Chris Heister.

[edit] References

1. ^ Förtroendevalda i kommunfullmäktige 2003-2006 (Swedish)
2. ^ Nytt kommunalråd i Täby, Sveriges Radio, January 18, 2005 (Swedish)
3. ^ ”Jag känner mig som en tjej”, Aftonbladet, September 23, 2006 (Swedish)
4. ^ S kritiserar Filippa Reinfeldt, Dagens Nyheter, August 24, 2006 (Swedish)

[edit] External links

• Moderaterna i Täby - Filippa Reinfeldt (Swedish)
• Filippa Reinfeldt at the Moderate Party website (Swedish)
• The Local - Introducing Filippa Reinfeldt (humorous profile in English)

Preceded by Stefan Klåvus	Mayor of Täby 2005—2006	Succeeded by Leif Gripestam
Preceded by Inger Ros	Health Service Commissioner of the Stockholm County 2006—	Succeeded by incumbent